Tank for shower-baths.



R. O. BUTTON. TANK FOR. SHOWER BATHS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1911.

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1111 P 1 1"" I I 1111' I W I Roam cszlmn 7 B) ATTORNEY COLUMBIAPLANOORAPH cm, WASHINGTON. D. C,

ROBERT C. BUTTON, OF CENTRALIA, WASHINGTON.

TANK FOR SHOWER-BATHS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. BUTTON, a citizen of the United States,and resident of the city of Centralia, in the county of Lewis and Stateof lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTanks for Shower-Baths, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices used for taking baths ofthat type in which an elevated tank or water holder is employed, fromwhich the water is drawn for use in a spray, in connection with a brush,or any other form of device desired.

My invention pertains particularly to the tank or water holder and themeans for tempering the water used therein and for drawing it off asused.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify devices of thischaracter and to make them more practical and easy of use and to keep ingood condition.

My invention comprises the novel parts and combinations of parts whichwill be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings I have shown my invention embodied in the formwhich is now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the tank taken on a central planewhich extends from front to rear. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is aperspective showing the device hung up as would be done when putting itinto use.

The tank A, of my device is a two-compartment tank, one compartmentbeing placed above the other, the compartments being formed by placing apartition 3 across the tank about one third of the way down from thetop. The upper compartment 1 is preferably open and of about half thecapacity of the lower compartment 6, for a reason hereafter stated. Thisupper compartment 1 is a tempering compartment, or one designed forpreliminary reception of the water to be used and in which itstemperature may be modified before discharging it into the lower or maincompartment. To facilitate this I have provided the upper compartmentwith a thermometer 5, which thermometer is preferably inserted in such away as to be readily removable. The manner illustrated for doing this isto place small drops 50 of solder against the sides of the tank andoverlapping the front face Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1911.

lower Patented Dec. 5, 1911. Serial No. 623,300.

of the thermometer plate, the thermometer being greased or otherwisetreated so that the solder will not stick thereto while the solder isbeing placed. This will hold the thermometer securely and permit itsready withdrawal and insertion.

A discharge opening is provided in the partition 3, which opening iscontrolled by a valve 4. This valve as shown consists of a plate ofrubber, leather or equivalent material secured by an extension at 40 andprovided with a central depending stem 41 to which may be secured astring 8, this string extending through the front face of the lowercompartment 6 near its upper limit, so that by pulling this string fromoutside the tank the valve may be raised to discharge the contents ofthe upper compartment into the lower.

lVith the two compartments proportioned as shown it takes two fillingsof the upper compartment to fill the lower. The lower compartment issupposed to be filled with water tempered to the temperature desired forthe cleansing operations of the bath. The upper compartment, after thelower has been filled with warm water, is designed to be filled withcold or colder water, this to remain in this upper compartment and notdrawn upon for purposes of the bath, until the lower compartment hasbeen emptied, whereupon this water is discharged into the compartmentand becomes available for a cold water dash to finish the bath.

The discharge opening at the bottom of the tank is provided with a shortnipple or sleeve 9 which projects but little or none from the outersurface of the tank. The opening in this sleeve is preferably slightlyconical, the larger end being outward. The tube 11 which conveys thewater to the shower, brush, or whatever device is used, has a nipple orhollow plug 10 in one end, this being of a size and shape to fit closelyin the sleeve 9. This construction obviates the projecting faucet orcook which is quite generally used in such places, and which is likelyto get broken or loosened and which interferes seriously with easypacking. The insertion of the metal plug 10 in the sleeve 9 is muchhandier than placing a rubber tube over a nipple or faucet.

The upper compartment being designed for final use as a reservoir of thecold water which is to be used at the end of the bath, need be no morethan half as large as the lower, which holds the warm water. The doublefilling of this compartment with warm water adds but little to the timerequired to get it ready for a bath, and its smaller size decreasesmaterially the bulk of the device, and therefore its convenience isincreased. In Fig. 3 I have shown it as hung upon a wall by a ring 7 andas being used with a bath brush 12. Any other kind pf irlrllplement maybe substituted for the ,rus

-The hole 80 in the face of the tank through which passes the string foroperating the valve 4, is intended primarily as an air vent for thelower or mam compartment 6. The receipt by this compartment of twocharges from the upper tank will not quite fill it, to this hole.Another function performed by this is to secure a layer of air betweenthe hot and the cold water so that neither will alter the temperature ofthe other.

What I claim as my invention is:

A tank or reservoir for shower bath and like uses, having a partitiondividing it into an upper and a lower compartment, a valve communicatingbetween said compartments, a stem depending from said valve, a valveoperating cord connected with said stem and extending forward and outthrough the wall of the lower compartment just below the partition.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature at Centralia,Washington, this 28th day of February, 1911.

ROBERT C. BUTTON.

Witnesses:

EARL WIoKEnsHAM, T. H. MoOLEARY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

